Bhagwant Singh Mann, AAP's MP from Sangrur, is also a professional comedian. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has named Bhagwant Mann as the party’s chief ministerial face for the upcoming assembly elections in Punjab, who will contest from Dhuri seat. In May 2014, Mann became the MP for Sangrur constituency, Punjab. Bhagwant Mann is the only member of parliament from the Aam Aadmi Party in the lower house (Lok Sabha) of the parliament. Born into a Sikh family, Mann also performs skits in the Punjabi language. He is a comic poet with political satire in it. In early 2011, Mann joined the People's Party of Punjab. In 2012, he unsuccessfully contested elections in the Lehragaga constituency. Mann's political journey took a turn after he joined Aam Aadmi Party in 2014 to contest elections in the Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency and won by 211,721 votes. Mann was also the convener of AAP Punjab but resigned after Arvind Kejriwal tendered an unconditional apology to Bikaramjeet Majithia over the drug mafia case. In 2017, Mann contested elections in Jalalabad against Sukhbir Singh Badal and Ravneet Singh Bittu. He lost the elections to Badal by 18,500 votes. Mann had an alcohol addiction and had been often found drunk during parliamentary sessions. His alleged problems with alcohol became a huge controversy ahead of the 2017 Punjab elections. However, he does not have any criminal records against him. In 2019, to handle this controversy AAP held a rally at Barnala, where he swore not to touch alcohol again. And later in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Mann won again from the Sangrur constituency by 111,111 votes.
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The ADR said seven ministers have declared criminal cases against themselves. Four of them have declared serious criminal cases against themselves.
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"Every minister will be given a target by Mann sahab regarding works they have to do. They will have to work round-the-clock," Kejriwal said.
Among these are Labh Singh Ugoke, who defeated former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi in the Bhadaur assembly segment by a margin of 37,558 votes, and Gurmeet Singh Khuddian, who beat Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patriarch Parkash Singh Badal in his traditional Lambi seat by 11,396 votes.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in its poll promise had said that after the formation of the government, they will provide jobs to the youth of the state.
The swearing-in ceremony of the Mann's cabinet will be held at Punjab Raj Bhawan at 11 am.
In a tweet, AAP's Bhagwant Mann said that the helpline number will be his own personal WhatsApp number.
Navjot Singh Sidhu had made the remark welcoming the change, ushered by the people and emphasising that their verdict should be 'humbly accepted'.
Sources said that AAP's top leadership, including Punjab's new CM Bhagwant Mann, has approached Harbhajan Singh with an offer to send him to the Rajya Sabha.
Aam Aadmi Party's Bhagwant Mann took oath as Punjab's 17th CM at an event organised at Khatkar Kalan, village of Shaheed Bhagat Singh.
Lok Sabha MP from Punjab's Anandpur Sahib Manish Tewari claimed that he was not invited for Charanjit Singh Channi 's swearing-in ceremony on September 20 last year.
The Aam Aadmi Party romped home winning 92 seats in the 117-member Punjab Assembly, decimating the Congress and the SAD-BSP combine.
The debt-ridden state government has sanctioned Rs 2.61 crore for the swearing-in ceremony. Officials told wheat fields will be used for the parking of vehicles of the visitors coming to attend the ceremony that will last less than an hour.
Stressing that three crore Punjabis have ushered in an "inquilab" (revolution), the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said for the first time after so many years, Punjab has got an honest Chief Minister.
The 48-year-old Mann was elected the AAP Legislature Party leader at a meeting of the party MLAs in Mohali on Friday. Mann said the swearing-in ceremony will be held at 12:30 pm on March 16 at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, in Nawanshahr district.
Preparations are underway in Amritsar to welcome Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal. Cutouts and posters have been put up on the roads and lanes of Amritsar.
Some of the names whose security cover has been lifted include Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and his wife Navjot Kaur.
Mann will take oath as the chief minister of Punjab on March 16 at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, in Nawanshahr district.
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